Participles
| Present | mǣtende |
| Past | (ġe)mǣted |
Indicative
Present
| 3rd sing. | mǣteþ; mǣtt; mǣt |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | mǣte |
| 2nd sing. | mǣte |
| 3rd sing. | mǣte |
Past
| 1st sing. | mǣtte |
| 2nd sing. | mǣtte |
| 3rd sing. | mǣtte |
Imperative
Verbs conjugated like 'mætan'
mætan,
Verbs similar to 'mætan'
bætan,
hætan,
lætan,
mælan,
mænan,
mæran,
mæstan,
metan,
motan,
tætan,
Etymology
From an earlier sense meaning "to paint, sculpt, design," from Proto-West Germanic *maitijan (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *maitaną. Doublet of mētan (“to paint, sculpt, design”). The semantic shift of "to paint, sculpt, design" > "to dream" is likely analogical, i.e. a dream being likened to a series of images being painted for the dreamer (hence its impersonal use). See: Proto-Germanic '
*maitaną'.
Verbs referencing "mætan"
English
met.
Sample Sentences
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Þonne hē slǣpþ, þonne mǣt hine be þē ānre. (When he sleeps, he only dreams about you.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 42:9 (Then Joseph remembered the dreams that he'd had at some point before.)
Cognates
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